Hope College - Milestone Yearbook (Holland, MI)

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WHAT HOPE COLLEGE STANDS FOR Founded by Dr. A. C. Van Raaltc, a brilliant graduate of the University of I.cyden and one of the leaders of the great religious movement in Holland in 1837. Hope College stands for a harmonious com- bination of Christian faith and the highest culture. It aims to produce men and women who shall love God supremely and their neighbors as themselves; who shall know the works of God and man in nature and history, and who shall be qualified to lead their generation in religion, science, letters, art and social progress. Rf.v. Ai.bf.rtus Pieters, A. M., ’87. Professor of Biblical Literature, Hope College. Holland, Mulligan. The meaning of Hope College, as it dawned on me while a student: OPPORTUNITY, to develop one's best powers; SCHOLARSHIP, to know exactly and well; VITAL CHRISTIANITY, to abjure pretence and mere professionalism”; AMERICANISM, neither mouthing” nor “brag- gart” but real; A LIFE OF SERVICE, accumulated learning and power to be for others first of all. Rev. John E. Ki izknca. I). D.. '99- Professor of Practical Theology, Western Theological Seminary. Holland, Michigan.

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WHAT HOPE COLLEGE STANDS FOR I believe the College is training men and women to be better fitted to serve the needs of the world. The world is needing more men and women, who in every phase of life, in business, politics, industry, professional life, the church, society, the home, and every other phase, will with a consecrated and direct testimony make known the gospel of Jesus Christ, who alone can satisfy the manifold needs of the world. Rev. A. L. Warnshlis, D. D„ '97. Sec. of International Council of Missions. London, liny land. HOPE COLLEGE Hope College, like so many so-called fresh-water colleges, has a distinct place in American education. Although occupying outstanding positions a half century ago, their lustre has been dimmed—for a period—by the rapid rise and growth of the great state universities and the highly endowed private institutions. Nevertheless, during the past few years there has been a distinct reaction, immensity in size being found to have its serious handicaps. The lack of direct personal contact, the over specializa- tion on the part of the instructor and many other kindred attributes that increase in evidence as num- bers expand, have directed the attention of many parents back to the small college with its single- ness of purpose, its emphasis on the humanities and its program of broad culture rather than of over- specialization at too early a period in the student’s life. As a small college, Hope is dedicated to such a program. Its efficacy is attested to by her con- stantly increasing Alumni who have been honored bv her and who are seeking to honor her in return. Mr. John N. Van per Vries. A. B.. ’96. Member of United States Chamber of Commerce. Chicago, Illinois.

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Hon. G. J. Dikkkma, LL. I).. '81. Holland, Mich. WHAT DOES HOPE COLLEGE STAND FOR? 1. The realization of the faith and hope of the fathers who were willing to serve and sacrifice, in order that posterity might wield the power which knowledge gives. 2. The normal development of the whole man, mental, moral, physical and spiritual, in a con- genial atmosphere. 3. The training of men and women for un- selfish service and leadership in school, church and state. 4. Thoroughness in scholar as against modern superficiality. 5. World evangelization through missionaries who possess a burning zeal for the Cross and a limitless love for humanity. HOPE COLLEGE Hope College to me stands first and foremost for an earnest and worthy purpose in life. This is its first claim on my admiration and affection as a col- lege. It stands secondly for a right spirit, a Christian spirit of faith and love, without which no college and no man is entitled to the confidence of men. It stands thirdly for a good and sound scholar- ship, with the humanities rather than the natural sciences in the foreground. I believe in the natural sciences but think their present supremacy a passing thing. I am for my college because she, too, be- lieves in them but also believes in holding them in a true and sensible proportion. Rev. John M. Vandkr Mkulen, 1). D. '91. Pres. Presbyterian Theological Semi- nary of Kentucky. Louisville, Kentucky.